Exhaled nitric oxide levels after specific inahalatory challenge test in subjects with diagnosed occupational asthma

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Świerczyńska Machura, Dominika ^a   Krakowiak, Anna ^a   Wiszniewska, Marta ^a   Dudek, Wojciech ^a   Walusiak, Jolanta ^a   Pałczyński, Cezary ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Nitric oxides; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATION TEST; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 57149109187     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-008-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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